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Bucky

(53,947 posts) Tue Mar 26, 2013, 05:37 PM Mar 2013

I miss Hee-Haw

The last stand of Vaudeville on American TV. It was brilliant and corny, simultaneously.

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I miss Hee-Haw (Original Post) Bucky Mar 2013 OP

I am no fan of country music, but.... Manifestor_of_Light Mar 2013 #1

it truly was of it's time olddots Mar 2013 #2

Everybody sing! Callmecrazy Mar 2013 #3

Gloom, despair, and agony on me... grasswire Mar 2013 #13

That is one of those... AnneD Mar 2013 #18

I used to love to get stoned and watch it with the family - Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #4

Just go to WalMart - it's like a Hee Haw reenactment group Taverner Mar 2013 #5

BTW, weren't the Carol Burnett/Tim Conway/Dorf/Harvey Korman shows vaudeville 'nuff? Taverner Mar 2013 #6

They were great, but Hee-Haw outlasted the incomparable Carol Burnett show. Bucky Mar 2013 #7

Yeahbutt...the 'Prat Pack' as I like to call them (Carol and co) had specials going into the 90s Taverner Mar 2013 #8

GFE Bucky Mar 2013 #9

"One wingy-dingy. Two wingy-dingies. Three wingy dinggies. OOPS! Time for my bweaky weaky." talkingmime Mar 2013 #10

Boy I love the goo goo. Paulie Mar 2013 #11

Me, too. GoCubsGo Mar 2013 #12

What's for supper, Granpa?? grasswire Mar 2013 #14

I thought "The Muppet Show" had a lot of vaudville in it. Or maybe it was a spoof of vaudville mucifer Mar 2013 #15

I liked the farmer's daughter types on Hee Haw, Art_from_Ark Mar 2013 #16

Archie Campbell was my fav-o-rite part CBGLuthier Mar 2013 #17

Manifestor_of_Light

(21,046 posts)

1. I am no fan of country music, but....

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Tue Mar 26, 2013, 06:02 PM

Mar 2013

I used to watch Roy Clark because he is a great musician.

I remember a dueling guitar set between Roy Clark and Gatemouth Brown that was just awesome.

olddots

(10,237 posts)

2. it truly was of it's time

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Tue Mar 26, 2013, 06:08 PM

Mar 2013

only caught a glimpse of it because we were too tragically hip to enjoy it ...---

wish I could see it now probably bits on line.

Callmecrazy

(3,065 posts)

3. Everybody sing!

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Tue Mar 26, 2013, 06:10 PM

Mar 2013

WHERE, OH WHERE, ARE YOU TONIGHT?
WHY DID YOU LEAVE ME HERE ALL ALONE?
I SEARCHED THE WORLD OVER AND THOUGHT I'D FOUND TRUE LOVE.
YOOOU MET ANOTHER,
AND PLBBBT YOU WERE GONE...

grasswire

(50,130 posts)

13. Gloom, despair, and agony on me...

Reply to Callmecrazy (Reply #3)

Tue Mar 26, 2013, 11:01 PM

Mar 2013

...

Deep down depression, excessive misery
If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all!
Gloom, despair, and a-gon-y on me....

AnneD

(15,774 posts)

18. That is one of those...

Reply to grasswire (Reply #13)

Wed Mar 27, 2013, 03:47 PM

Mar 2013

ear worms that got stuck in my mind. It plays in my mind on occasion-always with funny results.

Tuesday Afternoon

(56,912 posts)

4. I used to love to get stoned and watch it with the family -

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Tue Mar 26, 2013, 06:14 PM

Mar 2013

it was hilarious and Roy Clark was awesome.

Taverner

(55,476 posts)

5. Just go to WalMart - it's like a Hee Haw reenactment group

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Tue Mar 26, 2013, 06:14 PM

Mar 2013

Taverner

(55,476 posts)

6. BTW, weren't the Carol Burnett/Tim Conway/Dorf/Harvey Korman shows vaudeville 'nuff?

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Tue Mar 26, 2013, 06:17 PM

Mar 2013

Bucky

(53,947 posts)

7. They were great, but Hee-Haw outlasted the incomparable Carol Burnett show.

Reply to Taverner (Reply #6)

Tue Mar 26, 2013, 06:19 PM

Mar 2013

Taverner

(55,476 posts)

8. Yeahbutt...the 'Prat Pack' as I like to call them (Carol and co) had specials going into the 90s

Reply to Bucky (Reply #7)

Tue Mar 26, 2013, 06:20 PM

Mar 2013

I thought Hee Haw died mid 80s?

Bucky

(53,947 posts)

9. GFE

Reply to Taverner (Reply #8)

Tue Mar 26, 2013, 06:31 PM

Mar 2013

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hee_Haw 1992
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Burnett_Show 1978

Ah, but...

[font face="arial narrow" size="2"]CBS brought back The Carol Burnett Show for another run in the fall of 1991; new regulars included Meagen Fay and Richard Kind (brought over from the NBC show), and Chris Barnes, Roger Kabler and Jessica Lundy. However, the times had changed and Burnett's humor, however hilarious and funny, seemed rather tame in the cutting edge flavor of the 1990s. As a result, the series failed to catch on with the public and only nine episodes of this revival were aired.[/font]